Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
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The Right Honourable The Lord Ampthill GCB GCMG PC |
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Lord Ampthill, by Leslie Ward, 1877.
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| British Ambassador to the German Empire | |
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In office 1871–1884 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Lord Augustus Loftus |
| Succeeded by | Edward Malet |
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| Born | 20 February 1829 Florence, Tuscany |
| Died |
25 August 1884 (aged 55) Potsdam, Germany |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Emily Villiers |
Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill GCB GCMG PC (20 February 1829 – 25 August 1884), styled Lord Odo Russell between 1872 and 1881, was a British diplomat and the first British Ambassador to the German Empire.
Russell was born in Florence, Tuscany, into the Russell family, one of England's leading Whig aristocratic families. His father was Major-General Lord George Russell, second son of the 6th Duke of Bedford. His mother was Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, daughter of the Honourable John Theophilus Rawdon and niece of the 1st Marquess of Hastings. His uncle was the 1st Earl Russell, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His education, like that of his two brothers, Francis and Arthur, was carried on entirely at home, under the general direction of his mother.
In March 1849 Russell was appointed by Lord Malmesbury as attaché at Vienna. From 1850 to 1852 he was temporarily employed in the foreign office, whence he passed to Paris. He remained there, however, only about two months, when he was transferred to Vienna. In 1853 he became second paid attaché at Paris, and in August 1854 he was transferred as first paid attaché to Constantinople, where he served under Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. He had charge of the embassy during his chief's two visits to the Crimea in 1855, but left the East to work under Lord Napier at Washington in 1857. In the following year he became secretary of legation at Florence, but was detached from that place to reside in Rome, where he remained for twelve years, until August 1870. During all that period he was the real though unofficial representative of Britain at the Vatican.
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